In this week's episode of the show, I teamed up with Real Housewife of New York Alex McCord and returned to the 1800s to see if we could make it as real housewives back then.

How did we do? Check out the video after the jump and see for yourself!

Alex ended up being a great Housewife to go back in time with. She was a lot of fun and was up for anything. And all I can say at the end of this dare is -- I'm glad I didn't live in the 1800s! Those housewives had a lot of work to do! On the upside, with so much work, they had probably had very little time for catfights, gossip sessions, or Botox appointments.

Things really were different back then, weren't they?

Would you go back in time and try out life as a Real Housewife of the 1800s? Which Real Housewife would you take along with you?